Dean Guitars -The Untold Stories

What's going on with Dean Guitars? They have been making tabloid-style headlines over the last several years. We talk directly to the Dean Guitars team and take a deep dive into the brands 48 year history to unearth the untold stories.

Hosted by Tracy Hoeft our guitar industry insider. He has been part of the management teams at guitar brands like B.C. Rich, Gibson Guitars, Michael Kelly Guitars, and several decades ago even Dean Guitars.

[SeanPierceJohnson]

Dudes! I'm 5 minutes in and this concept is BONKERS good. This is the kind of stuff I've always wanted to do when meeting builders and brands. Keep it coming!

[PhillipMcKnight]

Loved the video. Thank you for posting it.

[joselopez]

The Dime deal how it ended was just sad as a fan and as an outsider looking in

[georgepagakis]

IMO the early years Dean Guitars where as good as 50's and 60's Gibson's. They had the sound and feel of an old guitar.

[jonnyhafer]

Ive played 2 60s fender jaguars for over 20 years they are my goto guitars for everything ive wanted a ml since i first started guitar almost 30 years i finally got an ml and i absoulutly love it. Ill be playing my first show with it this friday

[ShredworthyDave]

Keep up with these dean videos!

I met all the heads of dean at NAMM this year.

Everyone was very friendly and welcoming. Patrick was especially ambitious with his take on the future of dean guitars. Pam, Eric and Chris were amazing people as well. Loved meeting them. They were all down to earth and had a similar no bullshit attitude that matched mine. Im happy to see them prosper and grow the brand to new heights 🤘🤘🤘

[Razrback]

i love that ml behind her without the lightning bad move

[cylos_mx]

I love this brand and I wish I can get the ML, Split tail, Razor, and Cadillac all in left hand but its a challenge. I currently got a VX left hand and loving it! Please consider to make more left handed guitars!

[Isaacsasmrchannel]

“You can’t kill a Dean” has a whole new meaning. I am a Gibson fanatic, they’re my all time fav guitars, but I’m rooting for Dean in this one. I will say this though, the split v headstock was a Gibson original idea from the 57’ futura.

[jacknone]

We have PR to do!!! Quick, put on flip flops and stained shorts!

[rottingcorpse]

I have several USA custom shop Dean MLFs I ordered during the highs of the DOA years/parties. They are absolute units. Beautifully built true custom guitars. The Elliott years were fantastic. If I wanted another one, I would have zero qualms about going to Dean HQ, walking right in and working out the order form with whomever was running the show now because I know that in-house wood shop kicks all sorts of ass. Big shout out to BraveDave and Jim6 and all my bros from the Dean forum!

[jonnyhafer]

My good buddy tony krank was signing with dime as well to make a krank amps dime signature. Dimes death severly effected krank amps as well it was such a loss to the metal world for so many reasons mainly dime was just such an awesome person

[madcona]

Why is it that every time you are on screen it sounds like there's a ground loop?

[buck-mqqo]

I have a 2000s DIME series and I don't mind it I had to do a little bit of work to it like I got the neck fretted and sanded it down in a few spots Just because it was slightly off, and I upgraded the pickups to some nice Duncan zephyr instead of the factory Dime labeled ones and it sounds wayy better.

[sassycat]

I got to take a tour of the Dean guitar plant in Tampa back in 2017. I was impressed with the quality of their custom shop builds and have long hoped to buy a Cadillac and/or ML. I know Mr. Zelinsky is building his own line again and wish him the best, but his original creations still have my undivided attention.

[Psichlo]

The Gibson lawsuits are absurd, tons of brands make the "explorer/V" shape. No one is going to accidentally buy a Dean because they thought it was a GIbson, Gibson is lawsuit happy, plain and simple. As far as the Dime issues, I don't think that you can hold the current incarnation of Dean responsible for what happened in the past. Having said that, the fact that they lost a ton of artists around the same time leads credence to Rita's claims. According to the lawsuit, the razorback was Dime's own design and was supposed to stay with him and his likeness and name wasn't supposed to be put on any other products, which Dean violated. They went so far as to release an ML that was essentially the same color pattern as the Dean From Hell with a Zero fucks given on the ad. I think that speaks volumes to their attitude and feelings on DIme's legacy.

[sakidickerson]

I love dean! Hope they continue to do well. And bring back the Straight Six Z

[JonnySoundSounds]

i play 60's psych garage rock and stoner rock im a huge pantera fan and loved dime. i personally think the dean ml is the real dime guitar i play a regular chicago flame series ml no floyd, however i find most dime fans want the washburn guitars or one of each or more. just keep making the classic ml and dean will be all good. i dont know if they will be a be able to keep up as a huge company but i think threre are enough of us that still dig dean id like to get a cadillac more than a les pau as ive owned tons of les pauls

[sinakaedwards]

The best thing about Dean coming from a guy who plays bass, they always had a V style bass. Wish they would make a Vengeance bass model.

[i.m.p]

I like dean guitars they look really cool